#Unions

Weekend thread: @JoeBiden has hit the ground running to well-deserved applause from liberal social/MSM. He has rapidly taken action addressing four key crises he’s named, the good news. The bad
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On this, I think it’s highly unlikely to occur in the timeframe given. For several reasons, I don’t think it’s realistic for Scotland to secede, and then join the EU,
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THREAD (Who is Raghuram Rajan?)1/nThis thread is a reply to an article written in publication "The Print India" where I debunk the theory that Raghuram Rajan is a reformist!This is
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Four days after #WMATA GM Paul Wiedefeld proposes MAJOR cuts (https://dcist.com/story/20/11/30/dc-metro-proposes-reducing-service-cutting-weekend-trains/), now Metro's board gets to hear and respond to the budget.Follow live here (or fo
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A longish THREAD on Soviet anti-Zionism & some of its echoes today. As a note, I lived the first 19 years of my life in the USSR & so have
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This Day in Labor History: June 26, 1894. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called for a boycott in solidarity with striking workers at Pullman, Illinois. Let's talk
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This Day in Labor History: August 7, 1978. President Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to the toxicity poisoning the residents. Let's talk about the pollution disasters
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Hi new followers! I'm guessing most of you are here because of @abc730 so here's a thread of my work on Chinese Australians and the China-Australia relationship - though I
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Today's episode of “something I didn't know about C++”:class whynot { friend void; }; Today's episode of "something I didn't know about C99":int derp(int arr[static const restrict volatile 5]);I knew
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On Tuesday, the 42nd Meeting of Brazilian Econometric Society is gonna start (…https://6e1a783e-6776-49ee-b834-3f20b31b445d.filesusr.com/ugd/40c6c0_8e677fc4973446e681e6ddd83be915d1.pdf).I’ll take this opportunity to highlight some brill
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Many TN school districts are now announcing plans to resume classes – many w/ in-person options - at the highest peak of the #COVID19 pandemic. What are the questions parents
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New paper: "Automation and the Fate of Young Workers: Evidence from the Automation of Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century" joint with @jamesfeigenbaum, available at https://www.nber.org/papers/w28061 . TLDR: skip to
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A thread of @arizent_co podcast "Access Denied" by @perkedit and me. Our exam of systemic racism as it relates to accounting, asset management, banking, credit unions, insurance, journalism, mortgages, human
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Imagine working for an NED (CIA) linked media outfit in Pakistan, busy in spreading propaganda, disinfo & misinfo day-in/day-out & having the guts to accuse someone else of “having sold
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How did Canada get here?Eric Margolis wrote a short biography of Pierre Trudeau upon his death in 2000. Its worth reading as an insight into Justin’s character.Trudeau: Canada’s Great HelmsmanOct
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1. Elected Rs are divided into 3 groups right now: You've got the Crazy Caucus & they hail from these R+27 districts, or in the Senate from ID or TX
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